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Updates and notes from the viaduct project.
Name your own tunnel
viaduct handed out random names on purpose. Now you can request a specific subdomain with --name, pinned if it is free.
Read more →Why I built my own reverse tunnel
ngrok was my default for years, with localtunnel and Pinggy alongside it. I built my own anyway, and the tunnelling turned out to be the easy part.
Read more →Idle tunnels stay ready
A tunnel you leave open but unused now stays live, so the first request after a quiet spell loads straight away instead of hanging.
Read more →Protect a tunnel with a password, a token, or an IP allowlist
Tunnels are public by default. Now you can gate one with Basic auth, a bearer token, or an IP allowlist, checked at the edge so an unwanted request never reaches your machine.
Read more →Inspect your traffic live, no restart
The traffic inspector now toggles on and off with a single key on a running tunnel, no reconnect and no new URL.
Read more →Welcome to viaduct.sh
viaduct.sh is a free, open-source reverse tunnel: one command gives a service on your machine a public HTTPS URL, no inbound ports or NAT configuration required.
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